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Marcia Barbosa
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Rector
She is full professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the World Academy of Sciences. For her study of water anomalies, she won the Loreal-Unesco Award for Women in Physical Sciences in 2013. For her work for women in science, she won the Nicholson Medal from the American Physical Society in 2009. For her work in postgraduate studies, she won the Anisio Teixeira Award from Capes in 2016, and for her work in favor of science, she received the Medal of Scientific Merit as a commendatory award from the presidency of the republic in 2018. In 2020, she was considered by UN Women to be one of the women who changed the world with science, and by Forbes Magazine, she was one of the 20 most powerful women in Brazil. In 2021, she was awarded the Silvio Torres medal from the state foundation Fapergs. From 2023 to 2024, she was Secretary of Strategic Policies and Programs at Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in Brazil. She is the rector of UFRGS since 2024 and vice president of the International Science Council since 2025.
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